Orange Citrus Bars

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter, cold and cubed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1/3 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 oranges, zested
• 1 lime, zested (and the juice)
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 orange, zested
• 1/2 teaspoon lime zest
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 crust:.
• 3 in a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, and confectioners' sugar and salt. cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture is crumbly, add vanilla. press evenly into bottom of a 13 by 9 by 2-inch baking pan. bake 20 minutes, or until lightly browned.
• 4 filling:.
• 5 in a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, and juice until well mixed. add 1/4 cup flour and baking powder, stirring to combine. sprinkle in some orange zest and lime zest.
• 6 pour into hot baked crust, and bake 25 minutes, or until set. cool the bars, so you may top with orange citrus glaze.
• 7 for the orange-citrus glaze:.
• 8 add 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1/4 cup orange juice together, so that it combines to make a nice creamy glaze sauce consistency. add orange and lime zest. when all ingredients are mixed well, pour onto the citrus bars.